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Substituted by ibid. 338 EXCISE [1914: Pb. Act 1 (a) prescribing the duties of excise officers; (b) regulating the delegation of any powers by the Financial Commissioner, Commissioners or Collector, under section 13, clause (b); (c) prescribing the time and manner of presenting, and the procedure for dealing with appeals from orders of excise officers; (d) regulating the import, export, transport or possession of any 1[intoxicant] 2[or excise bottle and the transfer, price or use of any type or description of such bottle]; 3[(dd) fixing the prices of beer and Indian made foreign spirit to be charged by the breweries and distilleries respectively;] (e) regulating the periods and localities for which, and the persons, or classes of persons, to whom, licenses, permits and passes for the vend by wholesale or by retail of any 1[intoxicant] may be granted and regulating the number of such licenses which may be granted in any local area; (f) prescribing the procedure to be followed and the matters to be ascertained before any license is granted for the retail vend of liquor for consumption on the premises; (g) for the prohibition of the sale of any 1[intoxcant] to any person or class of persons; (h) regulating the power of excise officers to summon witnesses from a distance; (i) regulating the grant of expenses to witnesses and compensation to persons charged with offences under this Act and subsequently released, discharged or acquitted; (j) for the prohibition of the employment by a license-holder of any person or class of persons to assist in his bussiness in any capacity whatsoever; (k) for the prevention of drunkenness, gambling and disorderly conduct